Members of the SIU kept a low profile as they executed the search warrants at the PBA’s State Street headquarters and a related office
By Brendan J. Lyons, Times-Union
ALBANY — The State Police Special Investigations Unit on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association and the nearby office of its related Signal 30 Benefit Fund, which has raised millions of dollars for charitable causes.
It’s unclear whether the court-authorized searches also targeted the “Surgeons Group,” which like the Signal 30 Benefit Fund is a fundraising arm of the PBA that provides honorary memberships to paid supporters. The Surgeons Group, which shares offices with the PBA, has raised millions of dollars for the union through its sales of official-looking dashboard “Trooper Surgeon” placards that also come with an identification card and a gold badge reading “PBA State Police Surgeon.”
Members of the SIU kept a low profile as they executed the search warrants at the PBA’s State Street office and also at Signal 30’s nearby office on Howard Street. They used unmarked vehicles and, in the case of the PBA’s office, a rear entrance. The office is located a block from the state Capitol, where Gov. Kathy Hochul was delivering here State of the State address Tuesday afternoon as the raid quietly unfolded.
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